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> Date: December 14, 2010 1:46:47 PM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, December 14, 2010
>
> December 14–quiet, communion, service
> This is December, the 12th month of the year;
> • The 12th Tradition reads: Anonymity is the spiritual founda
> tion of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles be
> fore personalities.
> • The 12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the resu
> lt of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and
> to practice these principles in all our affairs.
> • The 12th Promise: We will suddenly realize that God is doin
> g for us what we could not do for ourselves.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not
> work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the
> pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have
> tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we
> begin to help other people do we get full relief. It is an axiom--
> that the A.A. program has to be given away in order to be kept. A
> river flows into the Dead Sea and stops. A river flows into a clear
> pool and flows out again. We get and then we give. If we do not
> give, we do not keep. Have I given up all ideas of holding A.A. for
> myself alone?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> Try to see the life of the spirit as a calm place, shut away from
> the turmoil of the world. Think of your spiritual home as a place
> full of peace, serenity, and contentment. Go to this quiet,
> meditative place for the strength to carry you through today's
> duties and problems. Keep coming back here for refreshment when you
> are weary of the hubbub of the outside world. From this quietness
> and communion comes our strength.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may keep this resting place where I can commune with
> God. I pray that I may find refreshment in meditation on the Eternal.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This bo
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto
> na Beach, Florida.
> _________________
> The following is Excerpt No. 307 from As Bill Sees It : “Circle an
> d Triangle”
>
> Above us, at the International Convention at ST. Louis in
> 1955, floated a banner
> on which was inscribed the then new symbol for A.A., a circle
> enclosing a triangle. The
> circle stands for the whole world of A.A., & the triangle stands for
> A.A.s three
> legacies: Recovery, Unity, & Service.
> It is perhaps no accident that priests & seers of antiquity
> regarded this symbol as
> a means of warding off spirits of evil.
> A.A. Comes Of Age p-139
>
> When in 1955, we old-timers turned over our Three Legacies
> to the whole
> movement, nostalgia for the old days blended with gratitude for the
> great day in which I
> was now living. No more would it be necessary for me to act for,
> decide for, or protect
> A.A..
> For a moment, I dreaded the coming change. But the mood
> quickly passed. The
> conscience of A.A. as moved by the guidance of God could be depended
> upon to insure
> AA’s future. Clearly my job henceforth was to let go & let God.
> A.A. Comes Of Age p-46-48
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, N
> ew York, NY 10115